36:33 “‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: In the day I cleanse you from all your sins, I will populate the cities and the ruins will be rebuilt.
36:37 “This is what the sovereign Lord says: I will allow the house of Israel to ask me to do this for them: 1 I will multiply their people like sheep. 2
1 tn The Niphal verb may have a tolerative function here, “Again (for) this I will allow myself to be sought by the house of Israel to act for them.” Or it may be reflexive: “I will reveal myself to the house of Israel by doing this also.”
2 sn Heb “I will multiply them like sheep, human(s).”